For students whose native language is not English. Concentrates on developing the student's skills in thinking, reading and writing. Emphasis is placed on the reading and understanding of prose selections and on the writing of clear, logical, well-constructed essays that are relatively free from serious grammatical faults. Includes a research paper. Credit for this course will be accepted in lieu of credit for ENGL 1101. Upon completion of this course, the student will enroll in ENGL 1102.

Teaches students to improve written, oral and visual communication by requiring assignments relevant to their proposed professions. The focus is on the type of communication required by the scientific and engineering discourse communities.

Teaches students to improve written, oral and visual communication by requiring assignments relevant to their proposed professions. The focus is on the type of communication required by the scientific and engineering discourse communities.

Investigates the uses of creative writing in "everyday" forums such as music, advertisements, radio, television, and other forms of popular culture. Students will learn the elements common to all types of creative writing -- word play, figurative expression, sound effects, concrete language, attention to detail -- and apply these elements in their own creative writing exercises and projects.

WRIT 2131S Everyday Creative Writing

3 Credit Hours.3 Lecture Hours.0 Lab Hours.

Investigates the uses of creative writing in "everyday" forums such as music, advertisements, radio, television, and other forms of popular culture. Students will learn the elements common to all types of creative writing -- word play, figurative expression, sound effects, concrete language, attention to detail -- and apply these elements in their own creative writing exercises and projects.

WRIT 2133 Forms in Writing

3 Credit Hours.3 Lecture Hours.0 Lab Hours.

This course focuses on the writing of a specific form or genre. The form being studied and practiced varies, but may include creative, academic, professional and/or technical forms.

This introductory course is both for aspiring writers and for readers who would like to increase their sensitivity to the elements of the writer’s craft. It involves reading carefully to see what an author does on the page and between the lines. Focusing on engagement with the craft of writing, students will practice close reading on the sentence level to discover the intricacies involved in a writer’s choices. Students will also read broadly in the genres and gain an appreciation for the features of various subgenres.

WRIT 2230 Careers in Writing and Linguistics

3 Credit Hours.3 Lecture Hours.0 Lab Hours.

This course focuses on the broad employment opportunities available in the field of writing and linguistics, provides students with an understanding of their realistic options, and presents criteria for planning a focused job search in the field. This course situates an individual career search in a larger framework that addresses the economic, cultural, and social changes that have resulted in major shifts in the field.

WRIT 2430 Essential Grammar for Successful Writing

3 Credit Hours.3 Lecture Hours.0 Lab Hours.

Offers review and reinforcement of grammar, punctuation, and rules of writing used in both academics and the professions. Challenges students to learn grammar and punctuation well enough that they feel confident with their language skills. Emphasizes paragraph and essay-level writing through drafting, revision, and editing.

Offers review and reinforcement of grammar, punctuation, and rules of writing used in both academics and the professions. Challenges students to learn grammar and punctuation well enough that they feel confident with their language skills. Emphasizes paragraph and essay-level writing through drafting, revision, and editing.

Examines the lived experience of working writers, their diverse composing practices and motivations for writing, and studies how writers write. Through selected memoirs and other readings, students will investigate how writers use their writing to shape meaning and identity and how scholars study writing processes.

WRIT 2535 Writing and Place

3 Credit Hours.3 Lecture Hours.0 Lab Hours.

This course examines the relationship between language and location by analyzing print and visual rhetoric's of social and natural environments. Students explore such environments by focusing on travel writing, Eco composition, or globalization and writing.

This course examines the relationship between language and location by analyzing print and visual rhetoric;s of social and natural environments. Students explore such environments by focusing on travel writing, Eco composition, or globalization and writing.

The writing of poetry and fiction through close analysis of poetic and narrative forms with the purpose of encouraging students to develop their creative writing abilities and their awareness of creative writing techniques and strategies.

The writing of poetry and fiction through close analysis of poetic and narrative forms with the purpose of encouraging students to develop their creative writing abilities and their awareness of creative writing techniques and strategies.

A workshop course that focuses on writing for children and young adults. Students read and discuss theoretical as well as creative texts, write in multiple forms, such as poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and multimedia, and produce a portfolio of work.

Surveys the field of professional and technical writing, its various areas of interest, and potential career paths. The course explores the histories, theories, and research methodologies of professional and technical writing, which may include new media studies; cultural studies; rhetorics of science, technology, and the workplace; and usability.

Prepares students from all disciplines to be effective communicators in their chosen professions. Students learn to write and prepare a variety of documents, including memos, letters, reports, proposals, critical studies, and recommendations.

This course focuses on strategies of arrangement and placement, specifically at intersections of alphabetic and visual information found in professional, technical, and business writing situations. Students will create multimodal documents and texts, and apply relevant theories to enhance engagement and comprehension. These texts can include, but are not limited to, technical reports, charts, tables, maps, slide presentations, and forms, in both print and digital media.

This course encompasses the ideas of editing as a professional writing skill, with a focus on the job of an editor. Emphasizes proofreading skills and the manipulation of documents from inception through presentation as finished products. Layout, document design, and contemporary production processes are also emphasized.

Introduction to quantitative and qualitative research designs for writers. Intensive study of planning and research designs including primary (surveys, interviews, experiments, questionnaires, field research, etc.) and secondary research tools (i.e., Internet, print sources and bibliographies).

Through lecture, workshops, and projects about writing, students will develop a metalanguage for teaching grammar and usage in order to effectively teach basic grammatical, mechanical, and usage concepts.

Investigates multiple dimensions of and models for comic book writing as it traces the medium's history, development of new genres, and narrative conventions since its origins in the 1930s. Teaches the comic book's use of iconography, cultural tropes, and cognitive closure in the construction of sequential narratives.

Introduces students to the physical, intellectual, and spiritual benefits of writing personal/cultural stories in classrooms, community groups, websites, and public memorials. By analyzing current theories and their own and each other's narratives, students learn the connections between writing and health, silence and sickness.

Offers strategies for revision; surveys the social forces underlying standardization and the processes of language change; addresses and reinforces current standards of grammar and usage in the United States. Emphasizes sentence and paragraphs as well as complete pieces of writing.

Introduces students to the field of writing studies and contemporary issues in the areas of literacy, composition, and rhetoric, with special attention to the ways in which culture shapes and is shaped by writing.

Provides a workshop environment for writing a wide variety of expository material generally not covered in freshman English. Students are encouraged to try forms, topics, and voices which broaden their writing experience.

Provides a workshop environment for writing a wide variety of expository material generally not covered in freshman English. Students are encouraged to try forms, topics, and voices which broaden their writing experience.

Screenwriting is a lecture and workshop-based course that focuses on the basic components necessary to write successful films, television shows, and teleplays. By learning the tenents of the form, and mastering the ins-and-outs of the structure of screenplays, aspiring screenwriters will gain the tools to make their visual narratives come alive. Course work includes an introduction to formatting, plotting, and exposure to successful scripts and films that employ those facets. Includes a workshop component in which students' scripts will be reviewed and given feedback by instructor and peers.

Within a workshop and critique setting, students will work through the stages of feature screenplay writing, building on the knowledge developed in WRIT 4231. The course will focus on more advanced techniques, structure, and development of character and plot in long format through feature writing assignments.

A creative writing workshop in which students review and practice the fundamentals of poetry writing, such as use of imagery, figurative language, and sound effects; and also learn and practice more complex aspects of poetry writing, such as writing in specific forms and genres. Students read and discuss poetry by established poets, evaluate the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated poems.

A creative writing workshop in which students review and practice the fundamentals of poetry writing, such as use of imagery, figurative language, and sound effects; and also learn and practice more complex aspects of poetry writing, such as writing in specific forms and genres. Students read and discuss poetry by established poets, evaluate the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated poems.

A creative writing workshop in which students review and practice the fundamentals of fiction writing, such as the importance of beginnings, scene building, narrative drive, stance, character development, endings; and also learn and practice more complex aspects of literary fiction strategies in specific genres (the traditional short story, magical realism, flash fiction, novellas). Students read and discuss fiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio.

A creative writing workshop in which students review and practice the fundamentals of fiction writing, such as the importance of beginnings, scene building, narrative drive, stance, character development, endings; and also learn and practice more complex aspects of literary fiction strategies in specific genres (the traditional short story, magical realism, flash fiction, novellas). Students read and discuss fiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio.

This course provides an introduction and general overview of fundamental aspects of intellectual property. Students will learn about such topics as the history of copyright laws, fair use, and the public domain. Through readings and class discussion of such issues as music downloading, remix, plagiarism detection services, copy-left, open-source, and creative commons licensing, students will acquire a greater understanding so that they can make informed choices for themselves, especially related to the needs of technical and professional writers. Recommended for all majors.

Examines the ways literacy shapes identity and is shared and used by individuals, families, and cultures. Special attention to relationship between cultural and literate practices, and to political, social, and personal implications of literacy.

This course explores writing effective arguments using multimodal approaches with emphasis on contexts of work, social, and academic environments. Students must have taken at least one 3000-level WRIT or LING course; exceptions made in consultation with department chair.

Explores the interaction of writing, rhetoric, and culture and the relationship between public and private discourses; emphasizes rhetorical traditions in the field of writing studies and rhetorical practices in public discourse.

This course is an opportunity for students to gain professional writing experience. The semester prior to the internship, the student will find an internship, write a proposal that describes the internship and submit the proposal for approval to the department chair, who will assign a supervising faculty member. The student will provide periodic progress reports and either a portfolio or a final report.

A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students' own poems. The course deepens and expands the poetry writing skills and knowledge developed in lower-level creative writing workshops. Students will read and discuss poetry by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers and produce a portfolio.

A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students' own poems. The course deepens and expands the poetry writing skills and knowledge developed in lower-level creative writing workshops. Students will read and discuss poetry by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers and produce a portfolio.

A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students' own creative nonfiction. The course deepens and expands the writing skills and knowledge learned in undergraduate expository writing courses and allows students to specialize in a specific genre, such as the memoir, the personal essay, travel writing, etc. Students read and discuss creative nonfiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio.

A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students' own fiction. The course deepens and expands the fiction writing skills and knowledge developed in lower-level creative writing workshops. Students will read and discuss fiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio.

Analyzes the meanings and implications of the new technologies on reading and writing as well as explores the relationship between a culture's technologies of writing and cultural narratives of identity, subjectivity, and agency.

Writing the Body explores the ways in which written discourse is an intellectual, social, creative, and educational practice that is always also material and corporeal. As an introduction to discipline-specific foundations in writing theory and methodologies, this course engages students in both the analysis and production of written texts and enables them to explore the ways in which identity narratives are embodied and performative.

This course prepares students for writing for publication in a digital age. Students are encouraged to pursue various areas of research and interests as they learn how to locate suitable venues for publication, write query letters to publishers, format manuscripts for submission, and deal with revision and editing in today's technological environment.

A required course for all Writing and Linguistics majors in the professional and technical communication area, this course offers study in technical communication topics relevant to the profession, such as usability, freelancing, document analysis, ethics, medical writing, or rhetoric of science and technology.